Plutarch's Lives,: Translated from the Original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch, Том 3G.G. and J. Robinson; F. and C. Rivington; W.J. and J. Richardson; R. Faulder; Longman and Rees; Vernor and Hood; Darton and Harvey; and J. Mawman., 1801 |
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